4. The effect of a talak by writing, as stated in Sarabai v. Rabiabai 30 B. 537 : 8.Bom. L.R. 35, is accepted by Tayabji in his Treatise on Principles of Muhammadan Law, Article 145.
Cas.740 : 36 C.184 : 13 C.W.N. 134 : 9 C.L.J. 105 and Asha Bibi v. Kadir Ibrahim Rowther 3 Ind. Cas. 730 : 33 M. 22 : 6 M.L.T.295 : 20 M.L.J. 1, where it was ruled that according to the Hanafi Law, it is not essential that the talak or words of repudiation should be addressed directly to the wife to constitute a valid divorce, and that, consequently, the absence of the wife does not make the pronouncement of talak void and inefficacious.